Art is a guarantee of sanity.

Surrealism is anathema for me. Because the surrealists made a joke of everything. And I consider life a tragedy.

Horizontality is a desire to give up, to sleep. Verticality is an attempt to escape. Hanging and floating are states of ambivalence.

It is not a torment to be an artist. It is a privilege.

It is not so much where my motivation comes from but rather how it manages to survive.

I was a runaway girl from France who married an American and moved to New York City. Im not sure I would have continued as an artist had I remained in Paris because of the family setup.

I have been to hell and back, and let me tell you, it was wonderful.